Course Syllabi Translation Service
Tufts@BNU
April 15, 2021, updated July 23, 2021
To facilitate advising discussions between Tufts advisors and their advisees regarding BNU course selections, Tufts Global Education (TGE) will provide English translation of BNU syllabi when requested. Both students and their academic advisors can request the service through the Qualtrics form set up by TGE at: F2021 BNU Syllabi Translation Service Request Form.
Students need to fill out all three parts of the form; advisors need to fill out only Part B and Part C. To request translation of a particular course, please follow the steps below.
- Review course list and syllabi here: 2021 Fall Semester Info | Tufts@BNU Program: #5 and #6.
- To identify the courses you want to take, please note the list #, the English course title and the 开课单位 (the School/Department offering the course). For example: #5 Seed Plant Taxonomy 生命科学学院
- Fill out the course syllabi translation request form at: F2021 BNU Syllabi Translation Service Request Form. You will be notified when the translation is ready. The English translation will also be posted at: https://sites.tufts.edu/tuftsatbnu/courses/.
For those who prefer to do a machine translation on their own, we recommend the following sites:
- https://fanyi.sogou.com/text
- https://www.deepl.com/translator
- https://translate.google.com/
We hope you find the above service and information helpful. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Tufts Global Education
F2021 BNU Course List (NEW)
F2021 BNU Course Syllabi (NEW)
F2021 BNU Syllabi Translation Service Request Form
English Translation of F2021 BNU Syllabi (NEW)
Translated Syllabi for Submitted Courses S2021
S2021 BNU Course Registration Form
S2021 BNU Open Courses for Tufts
F2020 BNU Undergraduate Courses
BNU – Undergraduate Course Syllabi – 2020F-8-17
F2020 BNU Graduate Courses
BNU – Graduate Course Syllabi – 2020F 8-13
COURSE SELECTION & ACADEMIC ADVISING
We advise that each student work with their major/pre-major advisor, advising dean, or graduate program department to select courses. For School of Engineering graduate students, please discuss the course selections with your academic faculty adviser (who will be assigned in SIS once you enroll).
Undergraduate students are only eligible to take undergraduate-level courses at BNU; graduate students *may* take undergraduate-level courses at BNU, but you are strongly advised to consult with your academic faculty advisers about the impact of this decision on the completion of degree and program requirements.
COURSE REGISTRATION
Please register for your Tufts-taught remote courses via SIS, if you have not already done so. As for your BNU courses, you must register for a minimum of 6 BNU credits (with a maximum of 12) from BNU’s course offerings. BNU course selections should be made via the course selection form (provided in previous emails), which must be submitted no later than September 5th, 2020.
Undergraduates students must take a total of at least 12 credits/SHUs from Tufts-taught and BNU-taught courses combined, adding up to no more than 18 credits in total. We encourage new/incoming students to take the majority of their courses through Tufts’ online course offerings. School of Engineering graduate students should discuss their course selections and total course load with their faculty advisers.
COURSE APPROVALS WITHIN SPECIFIC TUFTS DEPARTMENTS
All courses taken on the Tufts@BNU program, whether Tufts-taught or BNU-taught, will appear on the transcript as Tufts credit, either in a corresponding department (if one exists at Tufts) or as ‘All-College’ credit (if one does not exist at Tufts). However, whether courses can count toward a specific department/degree and how they count toward major/degree requirements is up to the major department or degree program to determine.
- Undergraduate students: it is possible to have a BNU-taught course approved electronically by a Tufts department as lower-level or upper-level credit toward the major, or equivalent to a specific course at Tufts. To do so, log in to SIS, click on “Classes” then select “Request a Transfer of Credit” from the drop-down menu, then click on “Add New Equivalence Request for Tufts Programs Abroad Only.”
- For graduate students: please consult with your academic faculty adviser on how courses might be used toward your program and degree requirements.
COURSE CHANGES (DROP, EXCEPTIONAL PASS/FAIL, OR WITHDRAW)
As Tufts@BNU fall 2020 is considered a Tufts/”in-residence” semester, and students will receive Tufts credits for their coursework, they are eligible to make changes to their courses per Tufts policies and deadlines. Students should inform themselves of the exact course-change guidelines that govern their specific program of study; undergraduate course-change policies and deadlines are not the same as those for graduate students (for instance, graduate students may NOT elect courses to be taken EP/F). Moreover, first-year undergraduates have different deadlines from other undergraduate students. Please consult the academic calendar here for the specific deadlines: https://students.tufts.edu/registrar/what-we-assist/course-registration-and-scheduling/academic-calendars
Please use the “Tufts@BNU Course Change” Qualtrics form to officially request a course change to a fall 2020 BNU-taught course ONLY; for Tufts-taught courses, please use the self-serve course-change function in SIS. Please note that all Tufts@BNU course changes (both Tufts-taught and BNU-taught) must be requested by the deadlines outlined on the Tufts academic calendar: https://students.tufts.edu/registrar/what-we-assist/course-registration-and-scheduling/academic-calendars Form submissions are date- and time-stamped; forms submitted after the relevant deadline (drop, EP/F, or W) will not be approved. Please consult with your academic adviser, advising dean, or academic faculty adviser (graduate students) at Tufts before requesting any changes to your courses to ensure that you understand the implications of any such course changes on your full-time enrollment status and your completion of requirements.
If you are requesting course changes for more than one course, please submit one form for EACH COURSE.